At Land

At Land
Deren from the still in the film At Land
Directed byMaya Deren
Written byMaya Deren
StarringMaya Deren
Alexander Hammid
John Cage
Parker Tyler
CinematographyHella Hammid (as Hella Heyman)
Alexander Hammid
Release date
  • 1944 (1944)
Running time
15 minutes
CountryUSA

At Land is a 1944 American experimental silent short film written, directed by, and starring Maya Deren.[1] It has a dream-like narrative in which a woman, played by Deren, is washed up on a beach and goes on a strange journey encountering other people and other versions of herself. Deren once said that the film is about the struggle to maintain one's personal identity.

The composer John Cage and the poet and film critic Parker Tyler were involved in making the film, and appear in the film, which was shot at Amagansett, Long Island.

  1. ^ Haslem, Wendy (12 December 2002). "Great Directors: Maya Deren". Senses of Cinema (23). Retrieved 19 June 2011.